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Tim DeRoche Talks Eliminating Education Redlining | EdChats Ep. 11

On this week’s episode we sat down with Tim DeRoche, President of Available to All, an organization dedicated to ensuring that public schools are available to all students on equal terms. We talk with DeRoche about his new brief on eliminating education redlining, the latest installment from Education Reform Now’s public school choice series, featuring a collection of briefs updated weekly from guest authors. Tim DeRoche Brief: https://edreformnow.org/2023/10/10/its-time-to-make-open-enrollment-a-civil-rights-issue/ ERN Public School Choice Series: https://edreformnow.org/publicschoolchoice/

Liam Kerr on The Welcome Party and the Necessity for a "Big Tent" Democratic Party | EdChats Ep. 10

Today we sat down with Liam Kerr, Co-Founder of the WelcomePAC, and its partner The Welcome Party, an organization which serves to strengthen democracy and create a “big tent” Democratic Party by linking allies from across the political spectrum and from a variety of geographies and partisan backgrounds. We talk with Kerr about the necessity of allying with centrist factions, creating effectives education policies in a post-Covid and post-Trump society, and combating voter’s decline in trust with Democrat’s current stance on education. “The Second Coming of Ed Reform" by Liam Kerr >> https://www.welcomestack.org/p/the-second-coming-of-ed-reform

Ravis Martinez Talks Leaders of Color, Louisiana Ed Reform & His State Representative Candidacy | EdChats Ep. 9

In today’s episode we sat down with Ravis Martinez, who is currently running for state representative in Louisiana’s district 44, discussing the current state of Louisiana’s public education system, the roadmap for ed reform as an elected official in the state, and how the Leaders of Color program helped him get there. Find out more about Leaders of Color >> https://www.leadersofcolor.net/

RAND Vice President of Education and Labor Darleen Opfer Talks Teacher Prep & RAND Research | EdChats Ep. 8

In today’s episode we sat down with Dr. Darleen Opfer, Vice President and Director of RAND Education and Labor, and holds the Distinguished Chair in Education Policy at the RAND Corporation, to discuss the work RAND has been conducting post-pandemic alongside key takeaways from their research.

New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes on Legacy Preference in College Admissions with Student Activist Jaylen Adams | EdChats Ep. 7

Legacy preference and binding early decision are inequitable college admissions practices still plaguing the higher education system. On today’s episode, we sit down with New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes to discuss a New York legacy preference & early decision bill he and fellow colleagues are sponsoring, and Columbia student-activist Jaylen Adams currently fighting alongside Our Turn to reform our nation’s education system.